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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1935
Page
6
At the 82nd annual convention in Valdosta the rural carrier community emphasizes workers and helpers sharing burdens. The piece lauds editor secretary efforts, urges full membership, loyalty, and dues, and notes districts reaching 100 percent in participation while urging remaining carriers to join.
The committee on resolutions presents items urging thanks to Columbus city officials and the Chamber of Commerce, loyalty to postal officials, full support for district and national officers, backing for the Ladies' Auxiliary, optional retirement after 80 years of service, rural road funding, promotion of vacancy preferences by examination, seniority-based transfers without postmaster consent, unity with higher retirement funding, carrier enrollment in mutual benefits, and the addition of a substitute car to fill widow vacancies.
A formal statement cites The Atlanta Journal as the official state organ and the Butler Herald as the district organ. It concludes with the signatories Roy Carroll chairman and directors W R Woods W W Fuqua W N Russell L A Stewart.
Memorial committee notes sad duties as it lists members lost in the past year. It honors T. H. Jones and several others from Georgia counties, pays tribute to their community service, and resolves to send sympathy copies and press notices. The document ends with signatures of committee members.
The article recalls Tom Watson and Georgia congressmen Livingston and Watson pushing rural free delivery. It notes resolutions in 1891 to start mail delivery in rural areas, their disappearance with adjournment, and Watson reintroducing the bill when Congress reconvened in 1893, leading to success.
A Georgia perspective recalls early rural free delivery routes from 1896 to 1900, praising Harillee Branch and Baruch, and traces the formation of the Natural Rural Letter Carriers Association in 1908 with Georgians Jim Giles and Paul L. Lindsay playing key roles. It highlights Georgia’s ongoing pride in post office service leaders and the push to host the 1936 national convention in Savannah.
A regional meeting of the Georgia Vegetables Growers Association will be held at the College of Agriculture in Athens on Aug 13, during Farm and Home Week. Morning talks cover fruit and vegetable production, with afternoon exhibits on the University farm. Speakers include R. Sams Jr of Clarkston on tomatoes and D A Russell of Avondale Estates on berries. Elmo Ragsdale of Cornelia discusses varieties for the mountains. Dr Miller on seed certification. G H Firor outlines a vegetable program for Georgia.
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration outlines long term aims to stabilize land, raise farmers incomes, reduce labor by freeing women and children from field work, and organize farming for efficiency. It notes significant drops in carryover surplus and benefits from loans and payments toward income equality with industrial workers.
The remark suggests the Republican Party may lack sufficient seed stock or foundational resources to sustain future campaigns or operations. It frames concerns about dwindling material or strategic reserves within the party as a potential hurdle.
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